Author : Sofie Laguna
Publisher : Viking
Page : 413 pages
File Size : 25,43 MB
Release : 2013
Category :
ISBN : 9780670077540
For the first time, read all four Grace stories in one beautiful hardback edition. It's 1808 . . . and Grace's world is about to change - from her tough life as a mudlark on the River Thames in London, to the adventures and challenges she faces as a servant girl in a new country. Journey with Grace across all four exciting stories about a convict girl who's given a second chance. Dreamy, thoughtful, brave and compassionate, Grace is an unforgettable Australian Girl.
Author : Alice Pung
Publisher : Puffin
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,26 MB
Release : 2016-04
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780143308492
It's 1983 in Sunshine, Melbourne, and funny, quick-thinking Marly is just trying to fit in. But being a 10-year-old boat refugee from Saigon doesn't make things easy. Especially when your cousins come to stay - permanently! Marly tries to teach them Australian ways, but as her school friends start making fun of her too, she is torn between her loyalties to her cousins and sticking up for what she knows is right, and wanting to fit in. To make matters worse, Marly discovers she has accidentally named herself after one of Michael Jackson's brothers ...
Author : Sofie Laguna
Publisher : Penguin Group Australia
Page : 77 pages
File Size : 33,18 MB
Release : 2011-01-27
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 174253189X
It's 1808 . . . and Grace is living with her uncle in London. They have no money, and Grace is always lonely and often hungry. The best part of her day is going to Fleet Street to talk to the horses that she loves so much. One afternoon Grace can't resist taking a shiny red apple from a grocer's cart - and then another... Before she knows it, Grace is being chased through the streets! Will she be caught and sent to prison - or worse? Meet Grace and join her adventure in the first of four exciting stories about a brave convict girl who is given a second chance.
Author : Davina Bell
Publisher : Viking
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 20,69 MB
Release : 2016-03
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780670078462
Four stories in one, all about Alice, a WWI-era girl who dreams of becoming a ballerina It's 1918 and Alice's deepest wish is to be a professional ballerina. But as World War One tears her family apart, a battle is being fought in her heart. Can Alice keep everyone together and still make her dreams of dancing come true? Journey with Alice across all four exciting stories about a gifted girl in a time of war. Loyal, creative, and passionate, Alice is an enchanting Australian Girl.
Author : Penny Matthews
Publisher : Penguin Group Australia
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 21,92 MB
Release : 2018-09-03
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0143788698
It's 1930 . . . and Ruby Quinlan lives in a big house in Adelaide with her parents and her fox terrier, Baxter. As she prepares for her twelfth birthday party, Ruby has never been happier, but the world outside is experiencing harder times. Ruby knows that lots of people are losing their jobs, but her own family life seems comfortable and secure ... until things start falling apart. Happy-go-lucky, compassionate and loving, Ruby is an unforgettable Australian Girl.
Author : Sherryl Clark
Publisher : Penguin Group Australia
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 19,98 MB
Release : 2017-05-29
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1760146633
Independent, adventurous and courageous, Rose is an unforgettable Australian Girl. It's 1900 ... and Rose lives with her family in a big house in Melbourne. She wants to play cricket and have adventures but Rose's conservative mother won't let her. Then young Aunt Alice, a feisty suffragette, moves in with them and everything changes, not only for Rose, but for the whole country.
Author : Penny Matthews
Publisher : Penguin Group Australia
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 42,13 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0143307428
It's 1930 . . . and Ruby Quinlan lives in a big house in Adelaide with her parents and her fox terrier, Baxter. As she gets ready for her 12th birthday party, Ruby has never been happier. But the world she knows is collapsing, and people everywhere are losing their jobs and their homes. Soon Ruby's comfortable life falls apart in ways she could never have imagined . . . Meet Ruby and join her adventure in the first of four stories about a happy-go-lucky girl in a time of great change.
Author : Davina Bell
Publisher : Penguin Group Australia
Page : 99 pages
File Size : 13,58 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0143306294
It's 1918 . . . and Alice lives with her big family by the Swan River in Perth, while on the other side of the world, World War I rages. Alice's deepest wish is to become a ballerina, and when she auditions for a famous dance teacher from London, it seems as if her dreams might come true. But then there's a terrible accident, and Alice must ask herself whether there are more important things than dancing. Meet Alice and join her adventure in the first of four stories about a gifted girl in a time of war.
Author : Michelle Hamer
Publisher : Puffin
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 19,33 MB
Release : 2015-10
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780143307631
Follow Daisy on her adventure in the first of four exciting stories about a hopeful girl in depression-era Australia It's 1930. . . and Daisy lives on a farm, where she loves riding her horse, Jimmy, through the paddocks. Times are tough, and when her father loses his job, Daisy and her little sister, Flora, are sent to Melbourne to live with their aunt and uncle. Daisy must leave behind everyone she loves for a city she's never seen, and even her wildest daydreams can't prepare her for the new life that awaits her. . .
Author : Alison Lloyd
Publisher : Viking
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 15,37 MB
Release : 2016-03
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780670078059
For the first time, read all four Letty stories in one beautiful hardback edition. It's 1841 . . . Letty's older sister Lavina is leaving England for Australia by ship. But Letty ends up stuck on board too, much to her sister's dismay. Can Letty cope with the long sea voyage, as well as building a new life for herself in a strange far-off land? Journey with Letty across all four exciting stories about a free-settler girl making her own way. Shy, brave and kind, Letty is an extraordinary Australian girl.
